

“No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the country’s dissidents and marginalized who bear the brunt of the surveillance, leading those who support the government or are merely apathetic to mistakenly believe they are immune.”
― No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
― No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

“But the true measure of a society’s freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats good loyalists.”
― No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
― No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

“Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else.”
― No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
― No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
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